Bush administration offers legal protection to​ companies whose oil exploration efforts bother​ 'small numbers' of polar bears

Less than a month after declaring polar bears a​ threatened species because of global warming, the​ Bush administration is giving oil companies​ permissi...

The lawyers aren't clearing their calendars​ just yet, but the oil industry is bracing for some​ courtroom battles to maintain its stake in​ Alaska&...

The Bush administration is trying to tackle a bear​ of a policy headache — classifying polar​ bears as a threatened species because their​ habitat...

The Bush administration is trying to tackle a bear​ of a policy headache — whether to classify​ polar bears as endangered species because their​ h...

Federal judge finds no viable excuse Interior​ Dept. missed January deadline to decide whether​ bears deserve protection under Endangered Species​ Act; l...

The chair of the Senate Environment Committee​ Wednesday slammed Interior Secretary Dirk​ Kempthorne for failing to appear before her panel​ to explain w...

As the U.S. death toll in Iraq climbed to 4,000,​ the White House on Monday said that President Bush​ spends time every day thinking about those who​ hav...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sen. Edward Kennedy, who​ bears one of the most famous names in politics and​ is a leading liberal voice in the Congress, will​ en...